Five Edgecombe County men have been arrested in connection to recent hemp thefts.

According to a news release from the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office, an Edgecombe County deputy responded Monday to a report of a suspicious vehicle near a hemp field, whose location was not released. An…

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A traffic stop Tuesday in Nash County ended with a Florida man being arrested on drug charges.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop at 8:13 a.m. on the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near mile marker 137. A search of the vehicle, a 2017 Nissan, uncovered 269 grams of cocaine with a street value of…

A Rocky Mount teenager has been arrested in connection with a Sept. 12 shooting on Cokey Road.

Rocky Mount police on Tuesday arrested Chrisaun Whitaker, 16, of Rocky Mount in connection with the shooting. They said an investigation into the case led them to identify Whitaker as a chief suspect.…

Yet another string of break-ins kept Rocky Mount police busy over the weekend.

Police responded to six home break-ins between Friday and Sunday across the city, with the first report coming at 3:09 p.m. Friday at a house on the 1100 block of Nashville Road. They said the victim was not home when…

A shooting in Rocky Mount Tuesday morning sent a local teenager to the hospital.

Rocky Mount police responded to a report of shots fired just after 7 a.m. at a house on the 1300 block of Sycamore Street. They said when they arrived, they found a 17-year-old teen suffering from gunshot wounds.